My Brand New Graphics Tablet! <yey>

[esper]

I just got a brand new graphics tablet! I hated having to draw using just a mouse, and the graphics in my first game suffered tremendously beause of it. Here is the complete works of my first 24 hours with my new delicious wonderbaby...


A guy. You know, I hate it when some kid likes anime too much and always tries to copy it, and sucks...Ã,  Unfortunately, I used to be that kid, and now that I'm older I CANNOT draw right anymore... Just goes to show you: kids, don't get too wrapped up in anime... It can control your life... right down to your ability to decently draw people...


A beautiful maiden loking off into the sea, done in (fake) charcoals. I hate drawing with real charcoals, so ths is just the thing I need to get started in some artsiness...


And now, to offset the beautiful maiden, the horribly waterlogged and badly decomposed Queen of Hate, Samara (Sadako) herself! TV effects made using Project Dogwaffle...


I don't know what this is, but you can see my predilection of using anime where it is not needed....


Yet ANOTHER overly anime'd guy. Do you notice how all my guys are looking off into the sky? Why is that? Does it mean anything? Is there a psychologist in the house?


My old pal, Cthulhu. Did you know tht Cthulhu really IS a real thing? Lovecraft didn't make him up. Ktulu was a god worshipped both by the ancient Sumerians and was known to the greeks as the Kraken. He even appears in the Bible, where he is mistranslated from the aramaic as "virgin..."
EDIT: What the hell? I misquoted the couplet! Dammit!!!

And finally...


...Don't ask. and yes, I even felt the need to tell you in what medium I drew this down at the bottom right...

[Akumayo]

I like 'em, should really help backgrounds too, where'd ya get it, what kind is it, etc?

[esper]

It's a Manhattan Graphics tablet, 6X8, and I got it for 70 dollars after shipping on Ebay.

[Akumayo]

Sweet, I might try to get one, what program are you using it with?

[esper]

I use Dogwaffle for the primary art, Dogwaffle and GIMP for alot of the effects (notably the light diffusion, which is amongst my favorite of filters). I find that the graphics tablet is not as difficult to use as I was afraid it might be when I first got it.... I thought a tablet PC would be better, but those are hella expensive. Really, if you just look at the screen and let your hand work on the tablet, it's almost like you are working straight to paper... It's really nice...

[Akumayo]

Cool, I'm researching it...might buy one.